Airport on my powerbook won't connect when my WEP key is 64-bit

I'm having this problem, my company has d-link wireless router for our DSL, and it was originally wide open with no WEP key required. I reccomended to my boss that he let me enable the WEP key feature so our connection is more secure. I was able to get it to work with all the laptops in the office with a 128-bit key, but this particular model has documented connection drops when using 128-bit (POS d-link), so i switched to 64-bit. All the computers can connect except for my powerbook, it gives me a "can't connect" error. I know i'm typing the key in properly. Has this happened to anyone else? Currently I'm using the wired network (blah!)

I'm having this problem, my company has d-link wireless router for our DSL, and it was originally wide open with no WEP key required. I reccomended to my boss that he let me enable the WEP key feature so our connection is more secure. I was able to get it to work with all the laptops in the office with a 128-bit key, but this particular model has documented connection drops when using 128-bit (POS d-link), so i switched to 64-bit. All the computers can connect except for my powerbook, it gives me a "can't connect" error. I know i'm typing the key in properly. Has this happened to anyone else? Currently I'm using the wired network (blah!)

I was having the same issue after upgrading my router to a new Netgear wnr3500 router. After doing alot of searching, i found that if you put a $ in front of your WEP key, it will allow you to connect to your network. I thought it would be too easy a solution, but to my suprise, it actually worked and i haven't had a problem since.